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Nurses' roles and challenges to providing care for tropical diseases: A scoping review

Jurnal Berita Ilmu Keperawatan, 2022
Tropical diseases are associated with tropical regions, but global access travel, climate change, and environmental factors affecting disease vectors may spread to non-endemic countries.
Yayu Nidaul Fithriyyah, Haryani Haryani
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Use of recombinant virus replicon particles for vaccination against Mycobacterium ulcerans disease [PDF]

, 2015
Buruli ulcer, caused by infection with Mycobacterium ulcerans, is a necrotizing disease of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, which is most prevalent in rural regions of West African countries.
Bolz, Miriam, Kerber, Sarah, Pluschke, Gerd, Zimmer, Gert   +3 more
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EVALUATION ON THE EFFECT OF ANTIRETROVIRAL DRUGS ON CD4 T-CELL AND THE INCREMENT OF BODY WEIGHT AMONG HIV-AIDS PATIENTS IN SURABAYA

Indonesian Journal of Tropical and Infectious Disease, 2016
Antiretroviral drug discovery has encouraged a revolution in the care of people living with HIV, although it has not been able to cure diseases and to increase the challenge in terms of drug side effects.
Edith Frederika, Irine Normalina, Nasronudin Nasronudin, Rury Mega   +3 more
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PREVALENCE OF DENGUE HEMORRHAGIC FEVER IN BALI FROM 2015 TO 2020 AND DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Jurnal Berkala Epidemiologi, 2022
Background: Dengue hemorrhagic fever cases increased significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic phase. Purpose: This study defines, describes, and evaluates the dengue hemorrhagic fever incidence in Bali Province from 2015 to 2020 and in the context of ...
I Made Dwi Mertha Adnyana, Farachatus Salwa Salsabila Azhari, Ni Luh Gede Sudaryati   +2 more
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Global Climate Change and the Resurgence of Tropical Disease: An Economic Approach [PDF]

We study the impact of global climate change on the prevalence of tropical diseases using a heterogeneous agent dynamic general equilibrium model. In our framework, households can take actions (e.g., purchasing bednets or other goods) that provide ...
Gollin, Douglas, Zimmermann, Christian
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A Trial of a 7-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine in HIV-Infected Adults. [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND: Streptococcus pneumoniae is a leading and serious coinfection in adults with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, particularly in Africa.
French, N, Gilks, CF, Gordon, SB, Longwe, H, Molyneux, ME, Mwafulirwa, G, Mwaiponya, M, Mwalukomo, T, White, SA, Zijlstra, EE   +9 more
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Reciprocal control of viral infection and phosphoinositide dynamics

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Phosphoinositides, although scarce, regulate key cellular processes, including membrane dynamics and signaling. Viruses exploit these lipids to support their entry, replication, assembly, and egress. The central role of phosphoinositides in infection highlights phosphoinositide metabolism as a promising antiviral target.
Marie Déborah Bancilhon, Bruno Mesmin
wiley   +1 more source

What is required in terms of mass drug administration to interrupt the transmission of schistosome parasites in regions of endemic infection?

Parasites & Vectors, 2015
Background Schistosomiasis is endemic in 54 countries, but has one of the lowest coverages by mass drug administration of all helminth diseases. However, with increasing drug availability through donation, the World Health Organisation has set a goal of ...
RM Anderson, HC Turner, SH Farrell, Jie Yang, JE Truscott   +4 more
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Screening of patients with tuberculosis for diabetes mellitus in China. [PDF]

, 2012
Objective  There is a high burden of both diabetes (DM) and tuberculosis (TB) in China, and this study aimed to assess feasibility and results of screening patients with TB for DM within the routine healthcare setting of six health facilities.
Chi, J, Gong, F, Guo, C, Harries, A D, Kapur, A, Li, L, Li, Y, Liang, B, Lin, Y, Liu, L, Lönnroth, K, Mi, F, Shi, L, Tan, S, Zachariah, R   +14 more
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Substrate specificity of Burkholderia pseudomallei multidrug transporters is influenced by the hydrophilic patch in the substrate‐binding pocket

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Multidrug transporters BpeB and BpeF from the Gram‐negative pathogen Burkholderia pseudomallei have a hydrophilic patch in their substrate‐binding pocket. Drug susceptibility tests and growth curve analyses using an Escherichia coli recombinant expression system revealed that the hydrophilic patches of BpeB and BpeF are involved in the substrate ...
Ui Okada, Satoshi Murakami
wiley   +1 more source